The Scales

[Sarah899]

Hi everyone, just joined to get some support shift 14lbs to try to improve my blood pressure. Do you recommend weighing yourself every day or just once per week?

Sarahx

[Zest]

Hi Sarah,

Welcome to the Healthy Eating forum, it's great that you're looking to lose 14 pounds to help improve your blood pressure, and I'd like to wish you success with that. I would also recommend having a look at the NHS weight loss forum (another forum here in Health unlocked) if you like the idea of a weigh-in with a group of like-minded people, and you can find that forum here:

healthunlocked.com/nhsweigh...

Regarding when to weigh, there is plenty of information available to argue both perspectives, and I would say that you need to find out what works best for you as an individual - I like to weigh daily, but I know plenty of people who prefer weekly.

Wishing you a great week.

Zest

[andyswarbs]

I don't recommend weighing too much - you'll just get paranoid! What I do recommend is a whole food plant based diet where you can eat to fulfilment at each and every meal and still reliably lose weight steadily.